Chi-Divine and Universal “In Tantrism, a practice of using the body for spiritual transformation found in Buddhism and Hinduism, ‘the body, the earth, nature, etc., are associated with the divine feminine, with shakti, and the aim is to unite it, or bring it into harmony with consciousness, with shiva, the male principle.’ Shakti is the power or energy of

Walter Mercado: “But before it comes, the old must be purged.” “The Bible speaks of the Second Coming of Christ, of a millennium of peace that comes when Jesus returns anew and all of us join together universally. The time is at hand. Christ is coming, but not physically, spiritually. The Bible spoke in many

Happy ending will be collectively “realized by the coming of the Messiah” Huston Smith Can Religion Save Us?Tradition, Transcendence, and Ultimate RealityAn interview with Huston Smithby Jessica Roemischer WIE: So, will the “happy ending” or final salvation that the traditions prophesy actually manifest? And, if so, do you believe that will eventuate—as the traditions predict,

For if you walk on this road, it is impossible to go astray. “The sage Valentinus gives the central Gnostic teaching, which is the same perennial wisdom taught by all Christian mystics and, indeed, all other mystical traditions: ‘Knock on yourself as upon a door and walk upon yourself as on a straight road. For

Each one of them hides from the ultimate test of its validity and truth “And, above all, all three persevere in making a claim which cannot possibly be valid and true: that they are, each single one, the true religion. Each one of them, however, hides from the ultimate test of its validity and truth

People who have never even glimpsed the realm of the sacred, the infinite vastness behind that word (God), use it with great conviction, as if they knew what they are talking about. Eckhart Tolle “The word God has become empty of meaning through thousands of years of misuse. I use it sometimes, but I do

Liberation does not come from japa, homa, or a hundred fasts Shri Sadashiva said: So long as a man has not real knowledge, he does not attain final liberation, even though he be in the constant practice of religious acts and a hundred austerities (111). The knowledge of the wise from whom the darkness of

Shri Brahma: “Brahman is one alone without a second. Remove this doubt, whether you or he (Purusa) is That One, the eternal Brahman.” The Trimurti’s Journey to the Jeweled island “Following the death of Madhu and Kaitabha, according to the Devi-Bhagavata, Vishnu and Brahma were resting on the cosmic ocean when the third member of the

“It is she, not a wife or a saint, who assumes the public role of teacher and is capable of teaching all of humankind” “In the medieval period, there is an ultimate feminine guru represented in a classical text: the Goddess. It is she, not a wife or a saint, who assumes the public role

“She is the universal, cosmic energy known as Sakti, and the psychophysical, guiding force designated as the Kundalini.” “The Devi Gita, or Song of the Goddess, presents a grand vision of the universe created, pervaded, and protected by a supremely powerful, all-knowing, and wholly compassionate divine female. She is Mahadevi or the Great Goddess, known